Born in India and raised in New York, Prameet Kumar is a former DP crime reporter and political writer who crosses the aisle to get to you every Wednesday.
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Political Penndit | The problem with bending it like Beck
Glenn Beck’s insult toward Penn was abrasive and is a symbol of larger problems with cable news shows.
Political Penndit | The Declaration of Wikindependence
Making young adults pay for content we are used to receiving for free will only further alienate us from newspapers. And the New York Times will not be able to survive if our generation does not replace its older readers.
Political Penndit | Rock the (noncitizen) vote
Governments shouldn’t prohibit legal, resident noncitizens from voting in the communities in which they, too, have a stake
Obama turns focus to degrees
With the national economy in recession, the importance of producing a well-educated and well-qualified American workforce has grown.
New Penn Dems leaders hope to harness energy of '08
College sophomore Emma Ellman-Golan and Wharton junior Liz Celata will take the helm of Penn Democrats, hoping to increase excitement among students for the upcoming gubernatorial and senatorial elections.
Students reactivate Penn for Choice group
Absent from campus for the past several years, the pro-choice student group Penn for Choice was reinstated last night after holding its introductory meeting.
Biden offers positive economic outlook
Vice President Joe Biden spoke at the Committee of Seventy’s annual breakfast yesterday at the Park Hyatt at the Bellevue.
Phila. has spent just 0.5% of its stimulus funds
Nine months have passed since President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, but Philadelphia has spent less than $800,000 of its allotted stimulus money.
Low turnout in municipal election
The long lines of students waiting to vote on Election Day last year were nowhere to be seen during yesterday’s municipal election.